Ok, so I would like to apologize to the 3.5 of you who stumble across my blog from time to time and have seen no change in the past month. It seems as if the number of friends I have to hang out with is inversely related to the number of blog posts I create.
Sad fact number two is that I currently have no great story to share in which I either made a fool of myself. This is not to say that I have not made a fool of myself in the past month, only that it hasn't resulted in a positive experience to be shared with all.
What the past month has done is make me think. I spent the summer in what some might call, the "Real World." This was both a scary and exciting place. I was in bed by 11 and I woke up every morning at 6:30 to go to work. I got a paycheck on the 1st and the 15th. I drove a work truck and had a few beers with a guy named Herb while we discussed the current state of the energy industry. Now I am back in Norman where I have classes to keep up with and an irregular sleep schedule. I have friends and social dynamics that seem to change daily which create a since of bonus stress that goes along with the woes of an engineering major. I play basketball at 10:00 pm and rarely wake up before 10:00 am unless I have class. My diet consists of things ranging from the mystery meat of Taco Bell to a delicious steak grilled to perfection over a hot bed of charcoal. Just the other day there were over 40 people all in my house at once! College is crazy! It is so far away from what is "normal," that I am still learning what to do with it. I have now been back in this lifestyle for around 5 weeks and I feel as if I am acclimating well, but it scares me to think of what life will be like outside of this 24,000 peer bubble I am enveloped in currently. Will I be successful? Do I have what it takes to find a community within a city of 3-5 million people?
So the above is basically just an open minded rambling of what I have been thinking about recently, but I am truly happy to be back at the University of Oklahoma. While I currently miss the mountains and great weather, it doesn't outweigh the fact that I missed my friends and family dearly while I was gone and I dread having to leave them again in the future. As this semester and year continues on I hope to remember that this college world is not "normal." That it is actually a scary place where one can be surrounded by 24,000 of their peers and yet feel more alone than ever before. I pray that God may use me as an instrument to these people and that he will continue to encourage me with the ministry of RUF.
Boomer Sooner!
